Appendix: Supplementary Materials

Table S2: Average life satisfaction scores of male and female older adults by socio-demographic, health-related, and household characteristics in India 2017-18 Characteristics Life satisfaction score of older adults Male Female Mean SD Mean SD Age group Young-old 6.3 2.5 6.2 2.5 Old-old 6.4 2.6 6.0 2.5 Oldest-old 6 .4 2 .5 6 .0 2 .6 Level of education No formal education 5.9 2.5 5.9 2.5 Up to prim. [...] Table S3: Distribution of young-old, old-old and oldest-old older adults by socio-demographic, health-related, and household characteristics in India 2017-18 Characteristics Older adults (60-plus years) Young-old Old-old Oldest-old N % W % N % W % N % W % Gender Male 8,842 47.1 46.9 4,446 50.0 48.0 1,497 47.6 47.0 Female 9,913 5 2.9 5 3.1 4 ,452 50.0 5 2.0 1,645 5 2.4 5 3.0 Level of education No f. [...] Table S4: Average life satisfaction scores of young-old, old-old and oldest-old older adults by socio-demographic, health-related, and household characteristics in India 2017-18 Characteristics Life satisfaction score of older adults Young-old Old-old Oldest-old Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Gender Male 6.3 2.5 6.4 2.6 6.4 2.5 Female 6 .2 2 .5 6 .0 2 .5 6 .0 2 .6 Level of education No formal education 5. [...] Table S6: Average life satisfaction scores of rural and urban older adults by socio-demographic, health-related, and household characteristics in India 2017-18 Characteristics Life satisfaction score of older adults Rural Urban Mean SD Mean SD Age group Young-old 6.1 2.5 6.7 2.6 Old-old 6.1 2.5 6.6 2.6 Oldest-old 6 .1 2 .5 6 .6 2 .8 Gender Male 6.2 2.5 6.8 2.6 Female 6 .0 2.5 6.6 2 .6 Level of edu. [...] Table S8: Average life satisfaction scores of SC-ST and Non-SC-ST older adults by socio- demographic, health-related, and household characteristics in India 2017-18 Characteristics Life satisfaction score of older adults SC-ST group Non-SC-ST group Mean SD Mean SD Age group Young-old 5.9 2.5 6.4 2.5 Old-old 5.7 2.6 6.4 2.5 Oldest-old 5 .8 2 .4 6.3 2 .6 Gender Male 6.0 2.5 6.5 2.5 Female 5 .8 2 .5.